Pliers.



PATENTED APR. 28, 1903.

C. S. BONNEY. PLIERS. APPLICATION FILED AUG. 13, 1902.

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w W/Z 27 Nrrnn STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES S. BONNEY, OF PORTSMOUTH, OHIO.

PLIERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 726,794, dated April28, 1903. Application filed August 13, 1902. Serial No. 119,555. (Nomodel.)

lb ctZZ whom, it may concern;

Be it known that I, CHARLES S. BONNEY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Portsmouth, in the county of Scioto and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Pliers, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to tools of the type comprising pivoted membershaving jaws for gripping the work or article to be held.

An essential feature is the provision of a tool of the characteraforesaid which will firmly grip different sized and shaped objects, soas to prevent slipping.

A further purpose of the invention is to combine with a tool of theaforementioned type a cutting attachment of novel formation for severingwire, cutting nails, and 3113.10: gous articles usually part-ed bycutting nippers and pliers.

For a full description of the invention and the merits thereof and alsoto acquirea knowledge of the details of construction of the means foreffecting the result,reference is to be had to the following descriptionand drawings hereto attached.

While the essential and characteristic features of the invention aresusceptible of modification, still the preferred embodiment of theinvention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figurel is a side elevation of a pair of pliers embodyingthe invention. Fig.2'isa perspective view showing the pliers gripping a round object. Fig.3isaview similar to Fig. 1 of the reverse side of the pliers. Fig 4 isan edge view of the tool.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the samereference characters.

The tool comprises relatively movable mem-. bore 1 and 2, which arepivoted together near one end after the fashion of a pair of pliers,forming jaws 3 and 4 and handles 5 and 6. The member 1 is relativelyfixed and the member 2 relatively movable, being adapted to beoscillated upon the pivot-fastening 7, con necting the members 1 and 2.The members 1 and 2 cross, and the hubs formed at the point of crossingare halved to admit of the outer sides of the members 1 and 2 comingedges of said nibs thereon.

flush. One of the jaws has its gripping-face straight and the other jawhas its grippingface convex, as shown at 8, to admit of any size orshape of object being firmly gripped between the jaws. As shown in Fig.2, the round object 9 rests in the hollow formed at the inner end of thejaw 3, and there is no tendency to expel the same from between the jawswhen the handles 5 and 6 are pressed together to cause the jaws 3 and 4to grip the part 9. If the faces of both jaws were straight, they woulddiverge outwardly upon opening the handles,aiid a large piece of work-or object placed between the jaws would be forced outward upon pressingthe handles 5 and 6 inward; By having one of the jaws, as 3, made convexupon its 'inner or gripping face the work or object is firmly andsecurely gripped when thehandles 5 and 6 are pressed together. 7 j

The cutting attachment comprises cutters 10 and 11', the cutter 10forming a part of the member 1 and the cutter 11 being loosely mountedupon the pivot fastening 7 and adapted to cooperate with the cutter 10for severing the work or article to becut. The cutters 10 and 11 arelocated at one side of the pliers, and their nibs'project beyond themember 1, as shown most clearly in Figs. 1 and 3, and are beveled uponopposite sides to form cutting edges, as indicated most clearly in Fig.4. The pivoted cutterll is'provided at the end opposite to thecutting-nib with a slot 12, in which operatesa pin 13, projectedlaterally from the side of the movable member 2 subjacent to the cutter11, whereby oscillation of the member 5 effects a corresponding movementof the cutter 11. The slot 12 is cocentric to the path of movement ofthe pin 13. Hence operation of the member 5 actuates the cutter 11. Whenthe handles 5 and 6 are separated, the cutting-nibs of the cutters 10and 11 are open, and when the handles 5 and 6' are pressed together saidcuttingnibs areplosed,

and any work or object placed between said cutting-nibs is severed orparted in the wellknown manner by the closing of the cutting By havingthe cutting attachment at one side of the pliers it is entirely out ofthe way and admits of the free and unobstructed use of the jaws 3 and 4throughout their length for gripping a variety of work. The slot 12 hasits outer corners beveled, and the pin 13 has its outer end headed andconstructed to snugly fit the beveled corners of the slot, therebyserving to prevent outward displacement of the cutter 11 withoutprojecting beyond the outer side thereof. It is immaterial as to thelocation of the cutting attachment, as it may be arranged either uponthe right-hand side or the left-hand side of the pliers or tool, asfound most convenient.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is- 1. Incombination, a tool comprising pivoted members arranged to providecooperating jaws and handles, the jaws being rigid with the saidhandles, a fixed cutterprojected laterally from one of the said members,a cooperating cutter pivotally mounted coaxially with the pivotedmembers of the tool, and a pin-and-slot connection between the pivotedcutter and the movable member of the tool for actuating the cuttingattachment upon operating the movable members of the tool, substantiallyas set forth.

2. In combination, a tool comprising members arranged to providecooperating jaws and handles,the jaws being rigid with the bandles, apivot-fastening connecting said members, a cutter projected laterallyfrom one of the members, a companion cutter mounted upon the aforesaidpivot-fastening, and actuating means between the pivoted cutter and theoperating member of the tool, substantially as described.

3. A tool comprising members arranged to provide operating jaws andhandles, the jaws being rigid with the handles and one having a straightface and the other having its gripping-face made convex longitudinally,a cutter projected laterally from the convex member, a cooperatingpivoted cutter, a pivotfastening connecting the pivoted cutter andmembers of the tool, and actuating means between the cutter andoperating member of the tool, substantially as specified.

t. The herein-described tool comprising a fixed member, a movablemember, a pivotfastening" connecting the two members near one end, saidmembers being arranged to provide cooperating jaws and handles, thegripping-faceof one of the jaws being straight and the gripping-face ofthe other jaw being con vex longitudinally, an integral cutter projectedlaterally from the convex member, a

pivoted cutter mounted upon said pivot-fastening and having a sloteccentric to said pivot-fastening, and a pin projected laterally fromthe movable member and adapted to operate in the eccentric slot of thepivoted cutter for actuation thereof simultaneously with the operationof the movable member of the tool, the nibs of'the cutters projectingbeyond the outer side of a member of the tool, substantially as setforth.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES S. BONNEY. [.L. s]

l/Vitnessesz GENEVIEVE MATTHEWS, GEORGE G. WATT.

